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Alaska State Legislature
[[seal]]
Senate
March 12, 1961


FRANK PERATROVICH                                                        
KLAWOCK
SOUTHEAST DISTRICT
AT LARGE

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

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Sen. Ernest Gruening
Washington, D.C.

RECORD AND EXPERIENCE (continued)

Elected to last Territorial Senate before Statehood.
NOTE:  I was elected AT LARGE to each term that I served in the Territorial and State Legislatures.
Elected Delegate to Constitutional Convention in 1955-56 -- Served as Contitutional Convention Vice-Chairman.

Elected to First State Legislature -- Senate.  Elected President of Senate, First State Legislature, second session.

Served as Delegate to First State Democratic Convention, both sessions, 1959 and 1960.

At the present time I am holding the following offices:

President of the Senate, [[strikethrough]] First Station [[/strikethrough]] Second State Legislature, first session
Chairman of the Legislative Council
Member of Executive Board, Alaska Native Brotherhood
Mayor, city of Klawock
President of School Board, City Incorporated District
President of IRA Council
President, Klawock Cooperative Association
Owner, Klawock Cash Store

Ernest, I have related a great portion of my experience with some degree of reluctance, because a report of this nature appears quite lacking in modesty; however I agree with you that each experience has been a part of my education and development, and I feel that each experience has added knowledge and understanding which contribute to my qualifications for performing the job that I seek.

Another thing worth mentioning is the fact that I have operated a successful business for 30 years.  I have had direct dealings with the Alaska Native Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs Operations in Alaska since their beginning, and am quite familiar with their functions in the areas of Health, Welfare, Education, and Economics.  Needless to say, I am thoroughly familiar with the history and all facets of the present existence of Alaska Natives.

I believe that I am adequately qualified to perform the functions of the BIA Area Director as they are intended by the Dept. of Interior.

Cordially yours,

Frank Peratrovich

Transcription Notes:
Constitutional misspelled in "record and experience' at the top. Transcribed as written, but should I have fixed it? Kf